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Remember that show South of Nowhere? Well too bad 'cause it's over now, you should've appreciated it more while you had it, like your first wife. This is why we don't own nice things. For example, I own a nice computer. This weekend a candle flew off the shelf and landed on my computer and all the wax took residence beneath my keyboard. I won't get it back for another 7-9 days and it's gonna cost a pretty penny, but I'm borrowing a friend's computer right now so that's not actually my excuse for why this recap is weeks late. I have no excuse, except that as Carly recently noted, the comment count on SON recaps has been decreasing steadily at an alarming rate and therefore I'm wondering if anyone still cares? I hope so. I hope your caring is at least equivalent to my obsession with follow-through. I will finish Season Three Dammit, I will. And you will LAUGH. We will have FUN. We never have FUN anymore!

Look at the fun we had a few weeks ago!

JK we still have fun all the time. For example: today I bring you the long-awaited recap of South of Nowhere Episode 316: "On the Precipice." Because of our important lives and demanding Jewish families during this holiday season, Carly and I were not able to enjoy the finale together (thus the recycled photo above), but I've included her comments which she graciously shared with me via e-mail. Also we are saving our mutual comedic brilliance related energy for Season Six of The L Word, otherwise known as Law and Order: Ilene's Intent.

I've kinda proof-read this recap and I'd like to alert you that this recap gets better as it goes on. Starts slow but gathers serious steam, I promise.

I have only one big question for myself: do I start recapping shows exactly when they begin to suck, or do they suck because I've decided to recap them, and submitting said shows to such intense scrutiny makes me dislike them? I mean by the end of this episode, it is not at all confusing how this show got canceled. That being said, I think pretty much every show on teevee deserves to be canceled except for: Weeds, The Office, 30 Rock (I've never seen it, but I hear good things), and Intervention.

Let's begin!

Carly:"Edgy LA b-roll tells us we are in... LA!"

She's a Little Bit Country, I'm a Little Bit Rock 'n Roll I Mean GAY

Madison is over at the loft going through music and being Picky McPickerson today, writing off Ashley's masterpieces as too country, too fast, too slow, and "too gay." Coincidentally, these are the same criticisms she offered to Glen when they broke up. Carmen is still wearing that ridiculous roadside drive-in outfit. 'Drive it Like You Mean it." Coincidentally, that's the same thing Madison said to Glen when they were boning. Coincidentally, gay songs are all the rage, didn't she get the memo from Katy Perry?

Anyhow where was I. Oh Madison and Ashley are no Sonny and Cher. Or maybe that's exactly what they are. What I'm saying is, they are not two peas in a pod, not a good team.

Reason #450 Why They Need Real Doors

Carmen volunteers to "bunk" with Kyla tonight, but unfortunately Kyla's already got a special visitor ... and it's A MAN!

Carly: "OMG beaded curtain alert! The lesbosquad can totally see that Aiden and Kyla are meditating ... MEDITATING! AHHHHH! Do people really say "om" or is that some kind of TV myth?"

M.C. Escher is so Wild!

Glen talks a lot of shit, dude. They went to one museum and now he "gets" modern art? Doubtful. Look at Glen with his little Chelsea induced pep-in-the-step. Chelsea gets a letter from the art school in Paris -- they've decided to re-accept her after Clay's memorial thing, which I find strange and possibly false. Perhaps she's being punk'ed. Who's next? Me?

That's my picture of Glen, remember?

Glen can't wait for Chelsea to show "all those snobby Frenchies" her paintings. Me neither, they're gonna also feel somewhat punk'ed. 'Cause he works at Sportstime and lives with his parents, Glen's decided to invite himself along to Paris. I mean you can sell sporting goods anywhere, you know?

Carly: Chelsea took Glen to a museum. Clearly this is the first museum he has ever been to. Chelsea got into her Paris art school nonsense. This doesn't bode well. God Glen is annoying. Yes Glen, all French people are artists with mustaches. That's totally correct. Why does she want Glen AND Paris!? Just Paris!! That's enough!! OMG he's going to go with her. I hope she puts a stop to this asap. They look so awkward together, it's making me uncomfortable.

Or as the French Say, "Riz et haricots"

Carly: A sun-splashed Glen now tells his parents his new life plan. I like that the parents got dressed up for this meeting. Well, Dad did at least. Glen, there are no rice and beans in France, silly boy. I love that the Dad is totally tricked into thinking that Glenn has his shit together. We all know how this will end.

Basically Chelsea is the hottest piece of ass he's ever gonna get and if he's gotta go abroad to keep it, abroad he will go.

Once Again, Ashley's Breasts Are Front-and-Center

Spencer's finally facing reality w/r/t her "film" -- she's got a bunch of footage featuring a bunch of boring people talking about nothing. [Carly: OOOO Final Cut Pro, my best friend and arch nemisis.] How's she gonna turn it into a movie? I'm not sure, but I hope it's Blackberry-compatible.

Ashley asks: "Wouldn't it be nice to have breakfast together every morning?" You know, like obsessive lesbians who want to get fat. Spencer dodges the topic -- she has to go interview Glen. Obvs he's on a very tight schedule and is a very important person, will probs save the film, etc.

Carly: Ashley is trying to be supportive but just sounds a little crazy. OMG is Ashley going to ask Spencer to move in with her? Surprisingly Ashley is trying to have an adult conversation here. Very interesting. My, how the tables have turned. What high school lets seniors turn in "movies" as thesis projects? That sounds insane.

I'd Compare You to a Summer's Day,but I think the B-Roll is already doing that for me

Am I your first or am I your forever?Are you staying or are you leavingAm I just some high school flingOr do we actually have a future together?

Those are the lyrics to her first Top 40 hit. She'll need to change "together" to "wearing my ring" or "let's swing" so it'll rhyme, and maybe slather herself in oil, writhe around on a bench, and chant nonsensically. Then she'll be rich.

Grease Lightning!

Aiden bought a car that runs on vegetable oil. It smells like french fries when you drive it. He apologizes that it lacks the 'sex appeal' of a bike but Kyla the environmentalist knows that being "green" and reducing one's carbon footprint is WAY hotter than a Mercedes.

Furthermore, Kyla realizes that he's probs just been inspired by Carmen's t-shirt, responsible for making many people "drive it like they mean it."

Aiden points out that there's room for two in the backseat. I hope he knows you can't drive from the backseat. He's not gonna cheat death anymore, good thing, someone might need his sperm in five years.

It's the Beret, Isn't it? You Want Me to Take it Off? There. Off. What now? Can I come now?

Glen is to "What are you saying?" as Max is to "You don't understand!" Glen never knows what anyone is ever saying. In this case, Chelsea's saying "I'm going to Paris without you, fool." This is bad news for Glen, who's already arranged with Goya to have rice & beans shipped abroad.

"Paris is a chance for me to be somebody new ... and I just feel like if you're there, then the old me is there." (Chelsea)

You know, the her that would date a dude like Glen who works at Sportstime.

Carly: He's suffocating her new life before it even starts. Ruh roh! The sparkly chime sound reminds me that it's time to turn the page. Oh wait, this isn't a read-a-long book on tape.

"You know, Spencer, Alaska isn't a foreign country."

How on earth did Spencer snag an interview with Glen? Next thing you know she'll be hosting a Prime-Time exclusive with J.D Salinger.

Spencer asks, "How am I gonna have a future in filmmaking if I can't even make a three minute movie?" which is a really good question she should've asked several episodes ago.

Carly: Glenn is trying to be "funny" in his interview with Spencer. I hate this storyline like, a lot. Like, a lot-a lot. Honey, a "future in filmmaking" has nothing at all to do with a 3-minute piece of crap Handycam movie. God. She might as well be using iMovie, that's how relevant any of this is to anything else.

There's Our Little Girl Before She Became a Muff-Diver.

Dear Dad & Hey Paula are admiring a vintage photograph of Spencer in a tutu, Spencer tells Glen to let Chelsea go, Chelsea comes over and says she needs to go to France alone because it is the "city of lights." I think that means she can walk alone after dark without being robbed, or else it just means that with all that light, Glen won't look very good. You know I'll just give this one to Carly.

Carly: Dad is feeding Mom. Blah blah blah. What purpose do these scenes and these characters serve? Oh! A knock at the door. It's Chelsea. Crazy rambling Chelsea. Spencer fucks with Glenn, which I always appreciate. Then she gives him some advice that SHE WANTS ASHLEY TO TAKE. GET IT!? THANKS, SHOW! Tackling the tough issues, as always. The parents totally like Chelsea better than Glenn. I think they want to trade him in for her. What is this mystery food that Dad is feeding everyone? SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE! Wa-wa-wait, Ashley is having a graduation dinner at her loft, and the parents are going too? I'm so confused. I love this show's excuses to get all of the characters into a room together for DRAMZ.

Oh Girl.

I have only one thing to add: Dad is poisoning Chelsea 'cause he keeps spoon-feeding her tomato sauce. Firstly, why is it that in shows like this, the chefs are always trying to get people to try sauce? Why isn't anyone ever like, hey dude, take a bite of this duck confit. Why's it always salt? "Too much salt, not enough salt." Whatever, there are kids in Somalia starving to death who'd love to have a little bite of that salty sauce and you're just spooning it into the mouths of whomevs.

Also Chelsea's still doing that like bikini-tank top thing. Also this is the weirdest wtf-ist thing that happens in the entire show:

See that's more action than we ever get to see Spashley have. Basically, Chelsea's true Carlin love isn't Glen or Clay, it's Daddy-O. She just keeps moving from one family member to the next, next stop Spencer ideally.

Hey Paula does not seem to notice this instant love connection between her husband and the girl who's fucked both her sons. She doesn't see the trouble brewing before her very eyes, just like she didn't know Spencer was gonna turn out to be a carpet-muncher.

What's Up, it's Just me and my Ipex.

Ashley always finds a way to have her bra showing. From the front, from behind, wherever it is possible to see Ashley's bra, Ashley would like for you to see her bra. Everyone; this is Ashley's bra. It holds her boobs up. Do you like it? Would you like it with green eggs and ham?

In any event, this scene is not about Ashley's bra, it's about Ashley's feelings. Specifically, she's pissed that Madison is listening to the song Ashley wrote for Spencer and furthermore that Madison seems prepared to make it her own, just like all those pretty bitches did to Carole King.

This Song is Meant to be Sung NAKED, OKAY?!

Carmen is on Madison's side -- Madison's all like, "oh now I see why Ethan said you were talented Ashley" -- 'cause Carmen's totally that girl who sits at home all day waiting to fuck shit up, she's like Balky in Perfect Strangers. I never saw that show, but I feel like her name should be Balky is all.

It's Already Been BROUGHTEN, Bitch.

Have you noticed that Madison walks weird? Firstly she's always wearing leggings, secondly she walks weird, thirdly she must be pregnant, I blame the ghost of Clay or Dear Dad or Spencer, you never know with technology these days what lesbians can do.

Ooo baby baby, it's a wild world, etc.

Glen's trying to go to work like a responsible human, but Dear Dad wants to talk, mano-a-mano, clearly not caring that he's gonna get Glen fired. Sportstime is the best thing that's ever happened to Glen, Dear Dad needs to not fuck with that. Doesn't Dad have a job? Clearly they live in outer space, "South of Nowhere" means "in the solar system but not on earth." Um anyway Carly notes that "the only person on the planet with worse facial hair than Glenn, that I can think of, is Spencer Pratt. Barf." I note that MAX has worse facial hair, I also note that as I just said we're not dealing with a familiar planet here, it's like Homeboys in Outer Space, the short-lived UPN sitcom which obvs was also canceled. I'm defo not talking about this show anymore, I'm just like writing words. Lots and lots of words. I like chips.

Dad starts talking about how he met Paula in high school and Glen's like, "and then you lived happily ever after, I know that story." Yup we all do, but I have a feeling Dear Dad is gonna tell it again, but different this time, to fit with the latest plot development. And he does. He then adds: "Glen you deserve to have a life of your own, not to be an accessory of someone else's."

Speaking of accessories, I think Glen has some sweatsocks to sell. Let's get on with it.

Carly:Ashley arrives at Casa Spencer. Now I know that people are home, the dad was just talking to Glenn in the living room. No one cares about plot holes anymore cause it's the series finale. Ashley finds the letter from Worthington and realizes that Spencer is leaving her for college.

A Way to a Woman's Vagina is Through Her Stomach

Ashley, fresh from her imaginary fight with Spencer, arrives home already basically undressed to find the Other Woman baking cookies. Carmen claims she's got a "fountain of untapped talent." Speaking of tapping things and fountains ...

Carmen, clearly looking for a way into Ashley's teeny-tiny pants, rips on Spencer's eastern ambitions. "She can take queer theory classes and write slam poetry," Carmen says. I think she's talking about Sarah Lawrence, that's not where Spencer is going. Also I'd love to see them incorporate slam poetry into the plethora of artistic activities engaged in by these fascinating characters. One thing I can say for Glen is at least he's never tried to start a rock band or paint a picture.

Carmen tells Ashley: "We're a lot alike. We're not thinkers, we're doers. And we don't always do the right thing." Okay c'mon Spike Lee. (Carly: "You know, we're a lot alike. We're both not thinkers. And we have brown hair and like Spencer and Trouble." Gross city.) Then Carmen gives Ashley the lamest little peck on the lips in the history of thwarted make-out sessions.

Ashley: "What was that?"Carmen: "Those were my smokin' hot MOVES, sister! C'mon baby, you know you want a piece of this."Ashley: [gives clueless look of bewilderment]Carmen: "No strings attached, baby. You can eat me out and get dessert too for only $3.99. Mmm hmm, cris-pay!"(Some of this dialogue was changed because my memory is not perfect, but it's pretty close to what they said.)

It's hard to tell what Ashley's thinking because Mandy Musgrave has absolutely no expression in her face whatsoever. It's like Tina Kennard redux. She's probs thinking "Where's DJ Boz?" I know I am.Spencer's apple-picking at the grocery store, one of many random activities engaged in by characters looking to run into other random characters that no one remembers. She just can't decide between boys and girls I mean Golden Delicious and MacIntoshes. Then wouldn't you know it, our good friend DJ Boz is there! Only now he's a CPA! I'm not sure how being an accountant makes him no longer the kind of person who might DJ, but whatevs.

OMG! People change so much! Like the seasons, turning and turning. The only reason I even know the name "DJ Boz" is 'cause Carly and I made fun of it alot when it was used the first time around, but I wouldn't know his face in a line-up. Not like I'd need to, obvs.

Anyhow, kids -- here we have the wise black man. They come in packages at central casting. His mother is the Oracle from The Matrix. If you purchase the wise black man you get an all-inclusive package that also includes the goofy black man, the angry black man, the ex-con black man, and the black man who got shot because he hates gay people aka Clay. You know what this show could use though for real? The goofy black man.

CPA Boz: "Everyone changes Spencer, once you stop growing, you die, sometimes you're outside, sometimes it's on the inside, but we're all in the present, you know?"

Obvs Spencer needs to get this wise shit on tape.Back at "The Food Pantry," Kyla and Aiden are speaking slowly with long pauses, maybe trying to kill time to make this an hour-long episode that doesn't involve any actual lesbian sex or naked lesbians making out or anything.

Carly: Am I supposed to really believe that all Kyla does anymore is feed homeless people and act all spiritual? I don't get it. They mention Clay. Existential chat time. Zzzzzzzz. Kyla says something I don't understand, I think she says she wants to marry Aiden? Or something? I don't care.

Kyla: "I don't have a clue as to what comes next."Aiden: "It's okay, neither do I."Kyla:"Well, that's a relief ... but I do know one thing though ... you may not realize it yet, but one day, I'm gonna wake up and be Kyla Dennison."

I thought she was gonna say Jesus, and then she was gonna start her manic episode, and then we could really get out there with the people in the traffic and the death-defying stunts and the meditation and etc. But marrying Aiden? Wow. That's signing herself up for a lifetime of boring. Also never thought that she'd be the kind of girl to take the dude's name just like that. I mean how could she get rid of her legendary name from the legendary rock musician Ray Davies?

Aiden says this is total Deja Vu, except in his "memory," this scene took place in Vegas. I don't think he understands what "deja vu" is. Also sidenote; Aiden is a lesbian, clearly, as I've said all along, and has the U-Haul outside I'm sure.

Omg, they should GO to Vegas! You know what they say about Vegas right?

OMG IT'S GLEN AND CHELSEA AGAIN AND I DON'T CARE.

We'll Never Have Paris

It doesn't matter if Chelsea is here or on the moon, Glen is still gonna love her. I feel like that's a big commitment. The moon? There's no gravity on the moon Glen. What are you gonna do then. Get moon boots. This is out of control. Where's Papi. Glen eagerly removes his shirt. I don't need to show you that part, do I?

Carly: Chelsea is Jackson Pollock-ing a canvas, and Glenn shows up to drop some knowledge on her. He tells her to go to Paris without him, then they have sex and I throw up.

Carly: Spencer shows up. Ashley looks like the cat that ate the canary. She hugs Spencer and says nothing. Then apologizes. CHEATERRRR. Ashley kicked Carmen out! They didn't do it! Ahhh yay! Way to go Ashley. Way to be a good person. Thank god! Then they both get super weird. Ashley actually speaks her mind and doesn't act like a 3-year-old. Buuut then she makes me stick my foot in my mouth and totally dumbs it up.

Spencer:"Everyone changes, that's what I came here to tell you! That's what my movie's gonna be about!"

That's lame, I already saw that movie. It was called Honey I Shrunk the Kids.

The Costume of the Day is Glam Rock.

It's time for the big party and per ush, Ashley IS NOT WEARING ANY CLOTHES AND HER FUCKING BRA IS SHOWING AGAIN.

It's like a couples party. I had one of those once in junior high and my parents told me that no one was allowed to stick their tongues down each other's throats or they'd join the party and embarrass me. No such rules at this party.

um. ew. um. ew. um EW!

Glen & Chelsea are all glowy like they just had the sex, which is gross, and Aiden & Kyla are lovey-dovey on the couch talking about their big plans to go to Vegas and get married, which's totally what you'd imagine an ashram-meditation-loving earth mother like Kyla to do. Shame on you, Kyla. Topanga called and she wants you to know she does it better and always has and always will.

This is where we eat each other out

Paula and Dad check out Ashley's room on a private tour lead by Spencer. Hey Paula's like "Hold up, isn't that YOUR ROBE?" Uh-oh, Ashley is a robe thief. My Mom wouldn't know "my robe" from a hole in her head. Actually I don't have a robe, 'cause I like to air-dry.

The Robes in Questionwhich P.S. have been worn by everyone.Everyone is very possessive of their robes on this show.

Now it's the moment we've all been waiting for ... SPENCER'S BIG MOVIE! It's called Everything Changes, soundtrack by Keane, sentiment by Hallmark, editing by Tickle Me Elmo. Generally video doesn't go over well with this group, though they certainly do enjoy documenting themselves over and over again anyhow, just waiting for that magic moment.

You Think You Know, but I Have No Idea Either

Spencer has teamed up with the American Association of Lilac Trees to bring you a little documentary about her friends and her life where everyone takes themselves really seriously and Spencer talks strangely to the camera as though she's talking about people that matter. She sort of slaps everything together but doesn't really explain the character arcs. She usually provides the beginning, the end OR something else totally random.

Southland in the Springtime!

Clips of peaceful people accepting produce are interlaced with Kyla claiming these people "are at the end of their rope" and it's kinda condescending. I know Kyla's not the focus of this film -- this film has no focus, and there's a LOT of Glen, and some cute Spashely stuff -- but Kyla should get more involved. I mean be a Big Sister or something. Handing out apples? I think she can do better with all that alleged kindness and trust fund.

Carly: Spencer's stupid movie basically recaps the entire series of the show. The Spencer interview segment totally her her in some kind of Palin jacket, which is weird. Lots of bad acting, that's all I see. Lamesville. I hate student films.

See, that's what we call the MONEY SHOT.

In the end Spencer believes that love can change everything! For example, possibly it could change her mind about where she wants to go to school. Everything is for love or for money, I think that's a Micheal J. Fox movie.

Carly: Thanks show, for getting everyone into a room to: 1) get them there, 2) tie up every plot line nicely, and 3) show Spencer's stupid movie. How on earth is that a graduation requirement? Whatever, show.

Now it's time for Ashley & Spencer to have a heart to heart. Good, let's wrap this puppy up.

Want the Floorplan to My Head and Heart? Ok then!

Ashley: "I wanted to apologize for wigging out on you -- " (my real hair looks SO MUCH better than this Duran Duran Cher crap)Spencer: "No I totally overreacted--" (I love you in spite of that red streak, p.s. put your bra away)Ashley: "Listen to what I have to say.I apologize all the time and I never do it right so I want to this time.I wanted to apologize for trying to hold you back when there's an entire world out there that wants to know who you are. For pressuring you about the future when I'm the one who's scared ('cause I don't even got my GED), and for your graduation gift being lame (or late? I can't tell?) just like any other present I've given you, but wait I wanted to give you this."

This shit'll be worth mad dough on the bay dude

Carly: What is that? A vial of her blood?

They have a sweet conversation about back when this show was good. Maybe these shows are only good until they come out and then it's not as fun because The Man won't let us see them do the horizontal mambo, so what's the point.

Remember when Glen wore that key around his neck all the time? Well now Spencer has one too -- Ashley asks her if she wants to move in! I actually did not see that coming, though Carly apparently did. Sweet pad dudes. What do they have in common again besides both being pretty? Oh well, who killed Jenny? Where's Papi? How many licks does it take -- um, anyhow. Spencer's gonna go to UCLA 'cause Worthington is too expensive. Good call, very sensible. Who wants a drink.

I wonder if this is for the outside door or for the apartment itself.

Spencer's robe is already there, so it's probs just a matter of a bookshelf or two. Way to U-Haul it, ladies. And here we are, wondering if you ever even have sex 'cause we never see you have sex. Maybe you should have sex to celebrate the new apartment?

++

Or just kiss? Okey dokey.

Spencer: "Worthington was just way too expensive, plus UCLA has a better film department. So I mean are you sure you still wanna give this to me 'cause I may be around for a while."

Not so fast, Carlin. This show is now so over, it needs a whole new word for OVER.

Carly: UCLA -- good film school, I hear. I refused to fill out their application 'cause it was literally 8 pages long and involved a lot of essays, so I was like no sir!

Back at PARTY CENTRAL, everyone toasts! Goodbye show!

Carly: You guys, this is the lamest party I have ever seen.

I hope Kyla and Aiden end up okay. Someone's gotta help that kid before he runs into traffic.

"Maybe I should keep my last name ..."

Anyhow! It's not over yet kids! 'Cause the show was canceled after the final episode was filmed, Aiden & Ashley & Spencer filmed a two-minute "wrap-up" websisode now viewable on the-n.com to conclude the season. I was very pumped to see how terrible this might be, following Gaby Christian's ringing endorsement of the piece in an AfterEllen interview:

"It's really cheesified. It's a two-minute webisode for a four-season series finale, so I had higher expectations, I guess I should say. But I mean, it's good. I think it's giving the fans what they want to see. But it just doesn't have much depth to it ... where we filmed the last TV episode, it's kind of like a cliffhanger ... then the two-minute webisode fast-forwards to five years later. It's like, "Oh! Happy-go-lucky people!" And I don't think life works that way. Our show was so authentic and so real – especially in the first season, which is still my favorite season – but we're so melodramatic [in the webisode], it's to the point where everything's completely predictable ... we just kinda did it to please the fan base."

That's nice. I wish Ilene Chaiken did stuff like that. Imagine if they wrapped up TLW with a three-minute webisode where Bette and Tina were just dropping babies out of their vadges like vending machines, everyone would cream all over the MediaBlvd message boards.

Anyhow so onto the webisode -- Aiden and Ashley are debating names. Obvs Ashley is preggers.

Good job keeping the baby weight off.She must have done yoga, she'sfit as a fiddle!

I hope they took a break at some point to make out with other ladies. Aiden wants to give the baby a Viking God name and instead they choose "Clay." I would've gone with "mortar" or "plaster," but that's just me. There's also some gratuitous discussion of eggs and sperm, I tuned that out.

Spencer is a hot little power lesbian.

Clay got shot and they want to name their kid after Clay? Nice one guys, that's a bad omen. I'm gonna name my kid Jenny Schecter. Wouldn't that be funny? If she had to explain it to everyone at the nursery? "Well there was this teevee show my Mom used to watch ..."

Carly: This is painful, you guys. Ashley is preggers. Spencer is a total power suit wearing lesbian. Aiden is a stockbroker. This is horrible. This would never never never happen. They're gonna name him Clay. Kill me, please, now. 23-year-old parents are great, really, totally. They do kiss a lot though, so this is a great webisode in my mind.

++THE END!

Well, it's been real. Now I can breathe for about two minutes before The L Word Season Six begins.

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1- I was getting a little worried about the lack of T&S photo captions. Only 1?2- I'm pretty sure Ashley and Kyla are supposed to have gotten their GEDs. I'm not sure when it happened, but it's mentioned that they did. I think.3- I'm sad that Carmen had to go away. I liked her. That was a lame kiss though.4- Ashley's bra had a special guest appearance at the fancy grad pary, how classy. I thought maybe since it was the end, wardrobe could spring for a whole shirt.5- I can't keep talking about all the things that were missing or disappointing about the show because, yeah. Not enough space or time. I wanted Glen and Madison to go far, far away. Ashley, Spencer, Kyla, Aiden, Chelsea and Carmen should have started some hippie/artist/lezzie commune where girls could actually make out for more than 2 seconds (on screen) and, make videos and music and creepy statues and love all day long.

"I like chips. Chips are yummy. I read Harry Potter and it was hard."LOVE Julie Goldman :D

First, you win my affections forever for the Carole King reference. Second, get in line with naming your future kids after Jenny Schecter. Third, remember on Saved by the Bell when they used to wear sports bras with jean jackets? Maybe that's what Ashley was aiming for (oh, Carole King just appeared on iTunes, good timing, Carole).

I've enjoyed the SON recaps. Whatever will happen when L Word is over and lesbians cease to exist?

Pardon my French, but Fuck YES! I didn’t think ya’ll were gonna actually going to recap the finale ep. These last episodes were pretty shit but you guys made it enjoyable so thank you for getting through it lol.

If you swapped the last two lines of Ashley's Shakespeare-esque monologue, you actually would have a rhyming song chorus. We should form a band!

This was so funny, but made me excited for L Word simply because we'll be in the same room and therefore EVEN FUNNIER but this actually made me cry I was laughing so hard at a few points, so that's good.

Also, I totally wrote a thing about the Wise Black Man, DJ Boz, in my writeup, but I erased it cause the readers probably think I'm racist at this point or something (I'm not, this show is!).

If the webisode was actually realistic, Ashley would be a Pussycat Doll and Spencer would be an HRC volunteer that I would try to ignore near Washington Square Park. And no mention of Kyla in the webisode either?! WTF?

My hair looks like a toupee in the first photo of the "road we've trodden" section.

Hah, I was wondering if you were going to recap the last ep. Brilliant as usual. I'm kind of sad the shows over, but not really, on to making fun of the L word! Also, I wish I hadn't watched the webisode, it was dumb.

SON was a great show first season, it's a bummer the last season sucked so bad (but the downhill really started second season). Why are the producers under some sort of strange delusion that I actually care what happens to Glen. He's icky, has bad facial, has no personality, and is a total idiot.

Wow, you two are dedicated professionals. Wrt this season's recaps I can only offer the old saying about a silk purse and a sow's ear. I live in hope of the day that the lesbian TV Gods (!?) throw up something truly worthy of an autostraddle recap.

Yeah, this was by far the worst season of anything you've recapped. I'm sorry to have encouraged it--I didn't think it would get worse than season 2 was. Also, for whatever reason, my DVR could never manage to actually record this damn show the first time, which would delay my commenting here. It would start late and I'd get weird pieces of Degrassi and no ending, or else my DVR was like, "pshh, hell no, I'm not recording this shit." Which I can't really blame it for. Also, nice one, bringing out Topanga.

p.s. I'm so pissed/jealous that Oz gets to join you for the beginning of the end (is that tomorrow??)! :( I want to trash-talk TLW with people who understand how awful/excellent it really is...instead of how I usually do it...talking aloud to myself in my room.

I had been checking to see if this recap was up for a while now, and with Christmas and New Years, I was busy and kept forgetting, but I remembered tonight and was super happy, because I LOVE your recaps. Definitely the best ones.

I honestly can't believe how much screentime this show gives all of these other characters, especially in the last episode! Like ANYONE in the entire world gives a crap about Glen/Chelsea! I wish they had put Glen/Kyla together, that would have at least been funny. I hate Chelsea.

While of course they never ever show Spashley having sex, they have implied it a lot this season, I'll give them that. Doesn't make up for much, but ... That documentary was pretty weaksauce, though I did like the cute Spashley stuff. Did you guys watch the webisode that stuff was taken from? That was pretty cute.

And if you thought the five years later webisode was horrible and cheesy, you much have REALLY hated the day after webisode, that one was even worse. I still can't believe the writers thought having Aiden as the father wasn't a huge slap to the face for fans.

Ashley's bra is just so stupid. The way they dress her, and the fact that they use takes where Mandy says the wrong words ["I want to know WHAT you're going", "She wants to sing Dirty MINE", etc], she's just a joke.

I wish they had killed Aiden and Bangs in the finale. Sigh.

Oh, also, Greek and Friday Night Lights are two other shows that shouldn't be cancelled!